Chapter 355 has committed suicide by taking poison
Shangguan Tong stretched out his hand to take the letter, glanced at it quickly, then sneered, shook his head and said, "This letter is not from Tong's hand. I would like to ask Mr. Liao for your understanding."
"Could it be that the words on this letter are not the handwriting of the head of the Shangguan family?" Liao Yongnian's attitude was quite mild. It was obvious that deep down in his heart, he did not believe that Shengyu Trading Company was involved in the rebellion.
"Gu Ye didn't want to believe that Shengyu Trading Company would participate in the rebellion, so as soon as he got this letter, he immediately searched for other letters from the head of the Shangguan family for comparison. The result... made Gu greatly disappointed." Prince Li Yan let out a long sigh.
, turned around and pursed his lips to the guards behind him, one of them stepped out of the queue and delivered several letters to Liao Yongnian.
Liao Yongnian took the letter and browsed it for a moment, then his expression changed and he handed it to Shangguan Tong: "Master of the Shangguan family, are these letters written by you?"
Shangguan Tong took a look at these pieces of letter paper, smiled slightly and said, "Yes, these are letters between Tong and several important customers."
"If I am not mistaken," Liao Yongnian said with a serious face, "the handwriting on these letters should be from the same person."
"Master Liao, although the handwriting of this letter to Ye Qun is perfectly imitated," Shangguan Tong said without any panic on his face, "When he forged the seal, there was still something wrong."
"how do I say this?"
"Although Tong is just a merchant, his family also runs a large industry. We should be wary of some young people forging seals." Shangguan Tong said eloquently, "There is nothing abnormal about real seals, but Tong can
The commonly used ink pads have something special about them.”
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details." Liao Yongnian couldn't help but become curious.
"I wonder if I can borrow a red spiritual crystal lamp?" Shangguan Tong said respectfully.
Before Liao Yongnian could answer, Li Yiru had already borrowed a long spiritual crystal lamp from somewhere. The spiritual crystal at the head of the lamp was wrapped in an unknown material, emitting a dazzling red light.
"Thank you, princess." Shangguan Tong took the red crystal lamp with a smile and placed the lamp heads close to the locations of the seals in the letters.
Liao Yongnian became curious and couldn't help but walked forward and took a closer look.
"Sir, please take a look." Shangguan Tong pointed to several real letters and said, "The ink pad used by Tong is made of special materials. Once exposed to red light, it will appear purple-gold, which is different from ordinary ink pads.
The same, but the seal of this forged letter does not have such characteristics. This person tried very hard to frame me, Shengyu Trading Company, but in the end, he made a mistake and exposed his flaw."
"So that's it." Liao Yongnian took the spiritual crystal lamp and was like a child who found a novel toy. He enjoyed it endlessly and looked at several letters for a long time. Then he raised his head and said to Li Yan, "Sure enough, it's like that.
The head of the Shangguan family said that the letter provided by the deacon of the Yinhuan Chamber of Commerce is probably fake, does your highness still want to verify it?"
"Since Mr. Liao has seen it with his own eyes, there is no reason not to believe it." Li Yan's face looked slightly unnatural and he said coldly, "Come here, suppress this villain who deliberately murdered the head of the Shangguan family and punish him severely!"
"Your Highness!" The obese man's face changed drastically, with a look of deep fear in his eyes, and he shouted, "Your Highness, please spare your life!"
Two guards suddenly jumped out from behind Li Yan, grabbed the fat man on the left and right, and dragged him towards the back of the hall.
"Your Highness, this person has deliberately committed a serious crime by plotting to frame a meritorious official of the empire." Liao Yongnian stopped him loudly, "Please hand him over to an old minister and take him back for strict interrogation. You must not use lynching in the East Palace."
Before he finished speaking, one of the two guards suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, it's not good. This man knows that his sin is serious and he has already committed suicide by taking poison!"
When the two turned around, they saw that the fat man's mouth was full of blood, his eyes were lifeless, and he had long since lost his life.
When everyone present saw this, their expressions changed, and most of them did not believe what the guards said.
"It's unreasonable. Not long ago, this person was praying for mercy. How could he commit suicide in just a few breaths?" Liao Yongnian turned pale with anger and couldn't help shouting.
"Master Liao, I'm afraid that this person is a dead man, and there must be some dark hands behind the scenes." Li Yanyi interjected righteously, "The look of greed for life and fear of death just now is probably just a disguise."
"This..." Liao Yongnian always felt that something was wrong. He stood there blankly and pondered for a long time before he said, "What His Highness said is reasonable. I will have people carefully trace the clues left by this person and will never let him go."
The person behind the scenes is at large."
Among the three witnesses, Thirteen Niang still had a calm expression on her face, just looking at the ground quietly, as if she was oblivious to everything that happened in the hall.
But the sturdy young man's face was pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his whole body could not stop shaking slightly. Looking at the fat man's bloody face, it was as if he had seen his own future.
"Did you two see it?" Li Yan glanced at the two of them and said lightly, "If you dare to frame the head of the Shangguan family, he will serve as a warning for you. I want to ask you again, is what he said is true?"
"Your Highness, grass, grass, everything the grass people say is true and absolutely not false." The strong young man tried hard to keep himself calm, but he couldn't control his trembling lips at all, and he faltered when he spoke.
, Cao, Cao Min was once a bandit in Liangshan, Sheng Yu Shang, the trading firm had long colluded with Venerable Song Hai in Liangshan, and provided him with financial support from time to time. Otherwise, Venerable Song Hai would not have been able to gather these many people.
Attack the imperial capital."
Li Yan frowned slightly. The young man was so nervous that he stuttered. He always paused on the word "grass", which made him feel quite uncomfortable. He always felt like he was being scolded for no reason.
"Young man, what's your name?" After seeing what happened to the obese man, Liao Yongnian couldn't help but be careful, and deliberately took two steps forward to get closer to the young man in case something unexpected happened to him, "What do you mean, Shangguan?"
Is there any evidence that the family head colluded with Liangshan Song Hai?"
"Your Majesty, Cao Cao, Cao Min Lei Hu." The young man seemed to be completely unable to control his emotions, and his speech was still not smooth. "The property provided by Shengyu Trading Company to Song Hai is the responsibility of Cao Cao Min.
"I took it over. At first, the people were greedy, so they secretly intercepted some of it, and handed it over to the adults for inspection."
After saying that, he reached into his arms with his trembling right hand, took out a few items, and carefully handed them to Liao Yongnian.
Liao Yongnian frowned, quite unhappy with Lei Hu's behavior, but he still reached out and took the evidence he handed over.
At a glance, they were all ordinary goods, including bags containing spiritual crystals or silver coins, cloth, a dagger and some jewelry. The words and symbols of "Shengyu Trading Company" were printed on the outside of each bag.
"That's it?" Liao Yongnian looked at these inconspicuous items and felt like he was being teased. "Is this the evidence you mentioned?"
"Exactly." Lei Hu said solemnly, "Shengyu Trading Company donated a large amount of supplies to Song Hai at the beginning. The common people just took advantage of their positions and secretly took away so much, so no one discovered it."
"These things are just put in the bags of our trading company, can they be used as evidence?" Shangguan Mingyue sneered, "Bags with the words 'Shengyu Trading Company' can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, you framed
, it’s too careless.”
"But this, this is indeed grass. The grassroots have seen it with their own eyes." Lei Hu was already feeling guilty, but he was even more panicked when Shangguan Mingyue mocked him like this. "Please tell me, sir."
"Not to mention that the authenticity of your evidence needs to be verified." Liao Yongnian looked directly into Lei Hu's eyes and said slowly, "Who can prove that you were once a Liangshan gangster and were responsible for the connection between the trading company and Liangshan?
what about work?"
"Fuck, there's absolutely no lies among the common people..." The tragic death of an obese middle-aged man flashed through Lei Hu's mind, his face flushed with anxiety, and he defended loudly.
"It's just that you said so yourself. After all, you can't do anything." Liao Yongnian felt that this interrogation was like a farce, and he no longer had the mood to continue playing with Li Yan, so he planned to find any reason to send Lei Hu away, "Just do what I want.
The officer will go back and wait until I send someone to verify it before making further calculations."
"Sir, the daughter of the people can vouch for him."
Unexpectedly, Thirteenth Niang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
As soon as these words came out, Shangguan Mingyue's expression changed, and there was a hint of anger in her beautiful eyes.
"Girl, you are..." Facing this rare and stunning beauty in front of him, Liao Yongnian's voice became softer.
"Zhu Ying, a folk girl, is the leader of the Thirteen Peaks Village in Liangshan, and she is known as Thirteen Niangs." Thirteen Niang's voice was round and smooth, melodious and sweet. It was clearly the bandit's line to announce his family status, but hearing it made Liao Yongnian feel relaxed and happy.
Pleasure.
"Oh?" Hearing that the other party was the leader of a village in Liangshan, Liao Yongnian couldn't help but look solemn on his face, "How can you, a young and flowery-looking person, become the leader of a village?"
"Master Haojiao knows that the last village master of Thirteen Peaks was the foster father of a common girl." Thirteenth Niang was neither humble nor arrogant, and said happily, "The old village master was very prestigious in the village, so he left the village before his death.
Entrusted to me, all the brothers will be convinced."
"That's it." Liao Yongnian stroked his beard, looked at her pretty face, and asked softly, "Who can prove your identity?"
"Lord Liao, the people's girls have a little reputation in the Liangshan area. Whenever you find a prisoner from Liangshan, you will probably know the people's girls." Thirteenth Niang said, then turned to look at Shangguan Mingyue, "And the people's girls I once led the brothers from Thirteen Peaks to support the front line, and I am an old acquaintance with Miss Shangguan."
"Miss Shangguan, is what this woman said true?" Liao Yongnian turned around and asked.
"Yes, she is indeed the famous Thirteen Niangs in Liangshan." Shangguan Mingyue sneered, "The civilian daughter once fought alongside her in Xiqi, but she never expected to be such a heartless and shameless person."
"Since she is indeed one of the bandit leaders in Liangshan." Liao Yongnian looked at Thirteen Niang and said seriously, "Then I have recognized Lei Hu's identity, and I just want to accuse Sheng Yu based on these items. The trading houses colluded with the rebels, so I'm afraid there are still some shortcomings."
"There is another piece of evidence here, please sir." Thirteenth Niang suddenly took off an jade ring from her hand and handed it to Liao Yongnian, "This thing was provided by Shengyu Trading Company to recruit troops for Song Hai. For the purpose of raising an army to rebel, as long as you hold this wrench, you can withdraw a large amount of spiritual crystals from all Shengyu Commercial Bank branches in the Daqian Empire without any guarantee."
When she saw this jade ring, Shangguan Mingyue's face turned pale, and her delicate body trembled with anger. She pointed at Thirteenth Niang and said angrily: "You, you... this ring is obviously for me to lend you to open 'SF Express'. What does it have to do with Song Hai?"
"Miss Shangguan, 'SF Express' indeed borrowed a sum of funds from your commercial bank, but the mortgage procedures are complete, so why do we need this ring?" Thirteenth Niang shook her head and denied, "This thing is obviously from Song Hai after his death. Got it from him."
"Okay, you Thirteenth Mother!" Shangguan Mingyue's eyes almost burst into flames and her voice trembled as she said, "I'm so blind that I was so kind as to lend you this ring."
It turned out that Shangguan Mingyue was worried that Shisanniang would not have enough funds to open "SF Express", so she kindly lent her this token that could represent her identity.
Thirteenth Niang didn't want to owe her too many favors, so she was unwilling to accept it at first, but went through the loan procedures according to the rules. In the end, she couldn't stand Shangguan Mingyue's hard work and accepted this spiritual crystal that could withdraw a large sum of money in a short time. She had no intention of using the thumb ring originally, but returned it to its original owner after "SF Express" got on track.
However, things are unpredictable. Shangguan Mingyue's kindness has now become strong evidence for Thirteenth Mother to attack her.
"Thirteenth Niang, I'm asking you once again, where did this ring come from?" Liao Yongnian had some doubts about the authenticity of Thirteenth Niang's words, and couldn't help but confirm it again and again.
Thirteenth Niang glanced around and suddenly met the eyes of Prince Li Yan.
There was an obvious threat in the eyes of the Crown Prince, as if he was saying, if you don't want anything to happen to Miss Huanhuan, then bring down Shengyu Trading Company for me.
"After Song Hai failed in his rebellion, he had an internal fight with Yao Bei, another leader of the village, at the top of the first peak of Liangshan Mountain, and eventually died tragically in Yao Bei's hands." Thirteenth Niang lowered her head and said word by word, "This ring, It was a folk girl who found it from the traitor Song Hai, and Lei Hu was also present at the time."
"Exactly, exactly!" Lei Hu's face was filled with joy. He felt that his safety was guaranteed and he didn't even stutter when he spoke. "The grass people were also on the first peak at the time and witnessed this scene with their own eyes."
"I wonder what Mr. Liao thinks?" Li Yan unconsciously showed a winner's smile on his face.
"Since the Thirteen Niangs, the leader of the Liangshan bandit, have testified, they have also provided important evidence." Liao Yongnian glanced at the faces of Shangguan Tong, his daughter, and Li Yan, and said seriously, "Then the matter of Shengyu Trading Company should be investigated strictly by the old minister. "
"Master Liao is a fair person and knows everything. I can rest assured that you will investigate this case." Li Yan smiled slightly and said, "It's just that Shengyu Commercial Bank has a wide range of business and has already penetrated all aspects of my work. Now it seems that Shangguan and his daughter are not suspected. "Small, if the trading house continues to operate like this, it will be a big hidden danger to the entire empire."
"Your Highness means..."
"It would be better to temporarily suspend operations of Shengyu Trading Company and seal up its properties." Li Yan glanced at Shangguan Mingyue with a meaningful look, and then said, "We will wait until the facts of the case are revealed before making any further calculations."
"Shengyu Trading Company is the largest trading bank in my empire. If it suddenly stops operating, it may have a big impact on the entire empire." Liao Yongnian said hesitantly.
"What Mr. Liao said is absolutely true, but he is hasty." Li Yan seemed to have expected what Liao Yongnian said, "What about this? Before the suspicion of Shangguan and his daughter is cleared, the imperial court will send someone to temporarily take over Sheng. Yu Commercial Bank, maintain the operation of commercial banks and ensure that people's lives are not affected."
"You..." Shangguan Mingyue's expression changed drastically, and she instantly understood what Prince Li Yan was thinking, that he actually wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the entire Shengyu Trading Company.
"The operation of such a large trading house is so complicated. The court officials lack experience and may not be competent." The person who raised doubts was Shu Shu, Minister of War.
"It doesn't matter. I am quite familiar with the president of the Yaxun Chamber of Commerce. We can borrow some professionals from him to provide guidance to the court officials." Li Yan seemed confident.
Yaxun Chamber of Commerce is also one of the top ten major chambers of commerce in the Daqian Empire.
Even Shangguan Tong, who had always been indifferent to emotions and anger since entering the East Palace, did not notice a slight change in his face.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has really taken great pains to seize our trading company." Shangguan Mingyue no longer knew how to suppress her emotions, and couldn't help but sarcastically said, "You have made so many preparations in advance."
"Miss Mingyue, Gu understands how you feel." Li Yan pretended to be helpless and said, "However, Gu is the prince after all. For the safety of the entire Daqian, he has to take this step. If the innocence of your father and daughter can be proven in the end, what will happen to you? Gu will definitely find a way to double the compensation for the company’s losses.”
"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is absolutely true." Shu Shu praised loudly, "Your Highness's wise decision is really a blessing for me!"
Liao Yongnian felt vaguely that something was wrong, but for a while he couldn't find any reason to refute, so he just remained silent.
"Since the two ministers do not object, then I will..." Li Yan's face was full of satisfaction.
"Wait a minute!"
Before he finished speaking, shadows suddenly flashed across the hall, revealing two graceful and graceful figures.
I saw the woman on the left wearing a pink dress, with peerless beauty and beautiful eyes. She was Nangong Ling, the current head of the Nangong family.
The person being supported by her on the side was a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The girl was dressed in a dark green dress, with an elegant appearance and skin as white as snow. On her pretty goose face, a pair of big eyes flickered like bright gems, full of aura of elegance and elegance.
"coral!"
The moment they saw the girl, Thirteen Niang and Li Yan's expressions changed at the same time.